Novelist
Ben Okri
Nigerian novelist who won the Booker for The Famished Road.
Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist. Considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions, Okri has been compared to authors such as Salman Rushdie and Gabriel García Márquez. In 1991, his novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize. Okri was knighted at the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to literature.
- Born
- 1959-03-15, Minna, NigeriaA Sunday
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1959-03-15, Minna, Nigeria · time unknown, noon chart
Africa/Lagosthe zone used then
Africa/LagosThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 24°07′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 0°14′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 11°44′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 23°21′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 15°53′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 1°58′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 6°13′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Leo | 12°46′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 6°36′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Virgo | 2°27′ | Retrograde |
Ben Okri is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Ben Okri was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.